Winter Wonderland

I had the fun experience of helping to set up for Taylor and Teri's wedding reception. We set things up for two days. One thing that I found out, is that I am very conservative when it comes to these things. My sister in law, Teri, is very talented in this area. She actually blew me away with the end product. You must know that a picture does NOT do it justice to see the beauty of this party. It was just so nice. It made me step up my game in party decorating and it also made me look forward to Quincey's wedding reception (along with the other kids too) in the future. Having partys is so much fun!

Heaven at the Mesa Temple

The day finally arrived when Taylor and Teri were married and sealed together in the temple. I was so happy to be there. The kids were are jumping up and down and screaming when they came out of the temple. It was quite a beautiful scene. We all got choked up witnessing it. The whole day was amazing. The reception was in Bethany's backyard and was done so beautifully. It was remarkable. One of the very best days of my life. I love those days!

Space, Wonderful SPACE!

This is a little fact about me. I like to have space. I think it makes me feel like I am a country girl. I have never been a country girl, but I have always wanted to be one. Being able to walk on a large piece of my own land is so neat to me. It makes me feel peaceful and happy to be alive. My husband and I have lived in three houses and every time it's not about the house, it's about the size of the yard. Being from AZ, I have always longed for more trees and in my ultimate dream, a form of natural water source like a stream or pond by my house. It just makes me feel so blessed to be able to have the blessing of our yard. It truly feels like the Garden of Eden to me. The Lord has blessed us.

Momma's Little Animal Lover

Sarger and Quincey are our animal children. They both seem to have a connection with animals of all sorts. It's fun to watch because this is not something that I have naturally. I love it that Tag and I have been able to give them lots of pets and opportunities to be around and care for animals. It's so much fun.

Nice winter scene

Piper and Sarger love to set up their rocking chairs in front of the fire and enjoy the heat. It just looked like such a sweet scene that I had to take a picture of it. These are days that we will always remember.

Ruidoso Thanksgiving

Our family met some of the Price family cousins and Grandparents in New Mexico for a Thanksgiving to remember! We gave each other Indian names, hiked around the lake, swam in the indoor pool and Jacuzzi, we went to a movie, ate an amazing Thanksgiving dinner, shopped, sat by the fire, played football and played in the lodge arcade. It was so much fun. I feel so blessed to get to do these fun things.

Lubbock Cotton

On our way to Ruidoso we drove through miles and miles of cotton fields. I couldn't drive by with out getting out to show the kids how cotton grows. They all thought is was neat to see and said that it was "SO SOFT!"

Holiday at the park!

We took our three oldest children along with the Matthews and their three oldest kids to Six Flags on a COLD winters night. There were hardly any people there and we only waited in one line for more then a minute. We had the time of our lives. The kids were all so brave and they rode the scary rides. Boston and Price took some convincing on some of the biggest rides, but after doing it went more then once. We managed to stay the whole time even though we were cold and it is a memory that I will cherish for a long time. So exciting!

The Barron Nativity

 
Wow! We pulled it off again. With a lot of work and worry, we invited every human being that we came across in our daily lives to our live nativity. We invited our entire street, our entire ward, every one at Taggart's work, all of the kids teachers, the mail man, the bus driver and people we would meet off the streets. It was a success. We took 12 tours through the nativity, we counted between 250-300 people. It was so neat. I was excited to see the number of neighbor grow from last year. I hope next year it is even more. The spirit was so strong at the event and I knew the Lord was pleased with our efforts. I pray that we can continue to do it every year and that each year, it will get better and better. It is a blast!

Aliens have landed!!! (So they say)

 

Have you ever been to Roswell, New Mexico? If not, you are missing out! A few years back someone claimed to have spotted a UFO and it was all they needed to to have an alien theme for the town. As we drove through, we couldn't pass up the International Extra Terrestrial Museum. It was funny and very weird. Now we can check that one off the list!

The GRAND POOBAH

Quincey is playing the violin in the middle school orchestra. Since she has started, I have learned a few things about an orchestra concert. One thing is that the first chair violinist is "special" for some reason. The entire orchestra comes in together in a line and takes their seats, except the first chair violinist. Then, a moment later, they come in by themselves to receive their very own applause. They bow to the crowd and then they sit down in the front and center. Well, this "special" spot was Quincey's in the Christmas concert. My heart just swelled with pride as she came in, smiled and bowed very properly to the crowd. It was fun. I didn't know what being the first chair violinist was called, so I called her the GRAND POOBAH, to joke around with her. It was fun. Quincey is a super cool girl. (As if her own Mom would think any different, but I'm tellin ya, the girl IS!)

Piper Dee-liciouos Barron

Piper loves to model. It is cute how she thinks of the most dramatic poses. I had to take a moment and enjoy Sweet Piperdee. She makes me so happy.

Pick up the pace Blue!

This picture says it all! Only my husband would try to drag a horse around to get him to exercise. I get a little chuckle when I see the picture. I love him. No one is like him.

Rebel With a Cause

Sarger has done the traditional, "Maybe if I rip off all of my cloths and tear off all of my sheets and covers and through them onto the ground, that will teach her a lesson for putting me to bed" moment. It is so funny because all of my children have done it and now it is Sarger's turn. After doing it a few days in a row, I made him have the chore of putting them back into his bed. In hopes that it cures him from doing it in the future. These kids are so cute. They learn the the art of manipulating quite fast, don't they!

Birthday Girl!

For my birthday this year my sweet husband stayed home from work and watched the little kids while I snatched Quincey and we drove off to Canton, TX to go shopping at First Monday Trade days! It was a total BLAST! Quincey is fun to hang out with. We bought miniatures, a gourd, jam, and a turquoise necklace (birthday splurge). We enjoyed a girls day out and I hope to do it again sometime. Thanks LOVE!

Boston-dedicated student

Boston turned in a land form project that was totally cool. He took Plaster of Paris and sculpted a landscape that showed off all of the different land forms on the earth. Then he painted them to show the beautiful colors of the earth. It turned out so neat that I had to show it off. I am so very proud of Boston and the great student that he is. Heavenly Father has blessed him to do well. It will be fun to see what occupation he will choose in his future.

Science Project

Quincey created a masterpiece for her science project. She painted two oil paintings. One of an animal cell and the other, a plant cell. They truely turned out beautiful. Her teacher was overjoyed with them and after the assignment Quincey gave them to Mrs. Gentry to keep in her classroom. Needless to say, her teacher was so excited! It's fun to see your child do neat things.

A Little Girls Dream Come True

Daddy and Piper have spent some very special times together on Daddy/Daughter Dates. This last date, they posed for pictures, Daddy got the car door for Piper and kissed her on the hand. They were off for 31 flavors! Piper ordered Rainbow Sherbet (a girl after my own heart) and Daddy ordered chocolate. They sat together at the tiny table just for kids and had fun talking and being together. Piper came home with her extra icecream and saved it for the next day. My kids are so lucky to have a Daddy that does fun things with them.

Ode to Cashmere

This is a tribute to our very first Barron Family goat, Cashmere. My husband had it in his mind that our family needed a goat. I was not for the idea, but Quincey and Daddy took the liberty to get one anyway. Quincey paid $60 of her own money to buy a sweet baby white Boer goat with a brown sweater. As we got to know Cashmere over the next few days, I discovered that I love goats! (News to me!)She was lots of fun and Quincey absolutely adored her. Quincey became her Mother and Cashmere ran around the yard after her and screamed when she left her side. It was fun and cute. Our next desire was to get a friend for Cashmere, one that was pregnant so that we could have a baby goat. That's when Oreanna came in the picture. She excited us by having a baby boy goat named "Star" or "Stello" as Daddy calls him. It was a wonderful herd of goats. Then our sweet Cashmere let all of the power and glory go to her head and she started getting bossy and pushing around anyone that looked smaller then her. Soon Piper and Sarger were in danger when ever they would go in the backyard. After two attacks of friends that came over we determined that she must go. Quincey was against it and was mad at any mention of getting rid of Cashmere. Then one day she even turned on Quincey and that is when Quincey knew it must be. I put an add on Craigslist and Cashmere was gone that very day. Quincey and Piper cried as she was being loaded up, but they both knew that it was for the best. I hope that Cashmere will understand and that she is happy in her knew home. Our focus now with the goats is to raise a small herd and possibly start selling them when we have about 7. Goats have been a joy and a super fun hobby. They are very low mantenance and not expensive at all. I am proud of Quincey for recognizing and being mature enough to do the right thing for the family even though she loves Cashmere so very much.